Emotional Wellbeing

Where Is My Mind? Episode 5: Ill Communication

This episode explores the importance of mindful communication, looking at how we communicate and how this affects our relationships. Niall explores how building our emotional intelligence and mindfulness practice can help us become much more effective communicators in every aspect of our lives. He also explores what good communication looks like and the challenges of […]

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Where Is My Mind? Episode 4: We Don’t Have to Run

This episode explores the inevitability of suffering in our lives, and how to skillfully deal with it so it’s not as overwhelming; and so we don’t always turn to distraction and avoidance to cope when things go wrong. Niall Breslin talks to Tomi Reichenthal, Holocaust survivor, about recognising and turning towards aversion rather than running

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Where Is My Mind? Meditation 3 (long meditation): Mountain Meditation

Where is My Mind? Meditation 3 (long meditation): Mountain Meditation This meditation also accompanies episode 3 of Where Is My Mind. Niall Breslin guides you through the mountain meditation, adapted from Jon Kabat Zinn’s Full Catastrophe Living. A mountain stands rooted and grounded in its ever-changing conditions and seasons. We humans also endure a never

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Where Is My Mind? Meditation 3: Three space breathing (short meditation)

Where is My Mind? Meditation 3: Three space breathing (short meditation) This meditation accompanies episode 3 of Where Is My Mind. Niall Breslin guides you through a short meditation which is only a couple of minutes long. When your day is hectic, doing this at some point during the day: on the bus on the

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Where Is My Mind? Meditation 2: Sitting Meditation (Accompanied by Episode 2 of Where Is My Mind?)

Where is My Mind? Meditation 2: Sitting MeditationThis meditation accompanies episode 2 of Where Is My Mind. Niall Breslin guides you through a sitting meditation, a short reflection which invites you to simply sit and observe your breath, your surroundings, and how you are feeling. We all sit every day, we all breathe; the difference

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Where is My Mind? Episode 2: Weapons of Mass Distraction

In this episode of Where Is My Mind, Niall Breslin explores our culture of distraction, and how the perpetual pings, dings and notifications we do battle with every day in the war for our attention can stop us from deepening our attention and make us feel overwhelmed. David O’Brien’s brain surgery playlist, The Auditory Cortex

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Where is My Mind? Meditation 1: Body Scan (linked to Ep1: Autopilot)

Where is My Mind? This meditation accompanies episode 1 of Where Is My Mind. You can do this meditation at any time of day, lying or sitting down. Niall Breslin guides you step by step of the way through this short guided meditation, designed for first time and experienced meditators alike, with the aim of

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MHI Podcasts Ep 6: Mental Health and Recovery with Martha Clark and Brendan Kelly

Mental Health Ireland’s Podcast Series In our sixth episode, we’re talking mental health and recovery with Martha Clark, a Peer Support Worker with the HSE and Brendan Kelly, a Professor of Psychology at Trinity and a consultant psychiatrist at Tallaght Hospital. We explore what the word recovery means to our guests, what can we do

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